Category Archives: Imperialism

Imperialism has been thrown around in my social studies classes for many years now. New ideas about it are presented every class, but it is the same for all intensive purposes. The simplest definition that I learned was that imperialism … Continue reading →

While the Huntington reading is talking about imperialism when it talks about modern/ future conflict sources being cultural in nature, I see this as being more of a source countries diverging and separating from one another. In Europe we see … Continue reading →

Chapter 8 talks about imperialism, colonialism, and in a sense, racism. Painter and Jeffrey explain these concepts using the standard example of, of course, Europe. The general idea and process of imperialism then, is as follows: One civilization explores until … Continue reading →

I greatly enjoyed reading the “Clash of Civilizations?” because it raised my awareness to ideas revolving around the nature future political conflict. Huntington explained how the primary source of conflict changes throughout time. As an example, the Cold War was viewed as … Continue reading →

In The Clash of Civilizations? Samuel Huntington postulates that the next round of world confrontations won’t be based around national interests like territory, or ideologies like the Cold War between capitalism and communism, but between civilizations. Huntington uses the Yugoslav … Continue reading →

Finally, a word that means what I have always thought it meant. This week we are looking at Imperialism and the effects that that has had on cultures through out time. This chapter opens with the example of Australia and … Continue reading →

Back in school, if we talked about imperialism or colonialism, it was really only about our own state. There would be some mentions here and there of these major European forces laying claim on other areas, but not to the … Continue reading →